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This article will show you how to make an origami square base which is used to make the traditional crane, flower, fish and many more.
Steps
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1Valley fold in half both ways, and unfold. Fold the square into a rectangle and unfold. Then fold the square into a rectangle the other way.
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2Mountain fold (fold Behind) in half diagonally both ways, and unfold. (Fold the square into a triangle.)Advertisement
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3Hold the paper at two corners, and bring the corners together.
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4Press the other two corners into the middle as well, from the outside. Basically bring all the corners together.
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5Make sure it looks like this. If it does, you've made a square base!
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Community Q&A
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QuestionHow do I do it? When I put the corners together, it forms out as a triangle.
Community AnswerIt's likely one of two things you could be doing wrong: 1. You're pulling the wrong flap in. I've done origami for a while now, and my recommendation when doing this is to try to pull in different flaps to the center. Or 2. You could be forming a different kind of base. The triangle base is something you can use to make things like origami butterflies, and to make this base you have to make sort of vampire-teeth inside.
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Things You'll Need
- Square piece of paper
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